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--- mersea-oil-spill:wiki_instructions [2007-09-13 08:45:25]
bruceh
+++ mersea-oil-spill:wiki_instructions [2022-05-31 09:29:32] (current)
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 ===== GoogleEarth data files (kml) =====
-Note that the DokuWiki engine used for this wiki does not allow upload of just any file. Specifically, in its default installation, DokuWiki does not accept .kml or .kmz files, which we use to display data in GoogleEarth. However, it will accept .zip files.
+We will test the use of GoogleEarth as a means of diplaying the oil spill forecasts for a broad range of users. The forecast providers will upload GoogleEarth-ready files (in kml or kmz format). Users may then download them as described above and load them into GoogleEarth locally.
-Now, a .kmz file is just zipped version of a .kml that is recognized by GoogleEarth and unpacked automatically. GoogleEarth does not recognize other file types. For example, file_name.kml.zip is not recognized even though the content is exactly the same as file.kmz.
+Note: [[kml_workaround|DokuWiki and kml]]
-Workaround:
-  * Data providers upload their packed kml data as **file_name.kml.zip**
-  * Data users download the file and rename to **file_name.kmz**